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There remains the need of a noninvasive and cost-effective way to correlate relevant upper airway anatomy with severity of OSA to direct treatment and optimize outcome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-ooi230018-5\"><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine whether backscattered ultrasonographic imaging (BUI) analysis of the tongue is associated with severity of OSA in adults.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-ooi230018-6\"><jats:title>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this prospective, single-center, diagnostic study of a consecutive series of patients (aged \u226518 years) at a sleep surgery clinic, the 89 included patients had a PSG within 3 years at the time of ultrasonography and BUI analysis between July 2020 and March 2022. Patients were excluded if body mass index had changed more than 10% since time of PSG. A standardized submental ultrasonographic scan with laser alignment was used with B-mode and BUI analysis applied to the tongue. The B-mode and BUI intensity were associated with the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), a measure of severity of apnea from normal (no OSA) to severe OSA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-ooi230018-7\"><jats:title>Exposures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ultrasonography and PSG.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-ooi230018-8\"><jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>The main outcomes were BUI parameters and their association with AHI value.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-ooi230018-9\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eighty-nine patients were included between July 2020 and March 2022. A total of 70 (78.7%) male patients were included; and distribution by race and ethnicity was 46 (52%) White participants, 22 (25%) Asian participants, and 2 (2%) African American participants, and 19 (21%) others. Median (IQR) age was 37.0 (29.0-48.3) years; median (IQR) BMI was 25.3 (23.2-29.8); and median (IQR) AHI was 11.1 (5.6-23.1) events per hour. At the middle to posterior tongue region, the 4 OSA severity levels explained a significant portion of the BUI variance (\u03b7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090.153-0.236), and a significant difference in BUI values was found between the subgroups with AHI values of less than 15 (no OSA and mild OSA) and greater than or equal to 15 (moderate OSA and severe OSA) events per hour. The echo intensity showed no significant differences. The BUI values showed a positive association with AHI, with a Spearman correlation coefficient of up to 0.43. 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